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Business Series

Peugeot expects more Opel losses this year

PSA Group Chief Executive Carlos Tavares says he expects Opel-Vauxhall to lose more money in 2017 as it buys the business from General Motors.

10/05/2017

France

France: Hollande-Macron handover set for Sunday

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10/05/2017

Living

The secrets of the Palme d'Or

We take a behind-the-scenes, sneak-peek at the meticulous fabrication of the iconic Palme d'or trophy.

10/05/2017

France

'Party divisions' as far-right Marechal-Le Pen says she's quitting politics

Marion Marechal-Le Pen – niece of Marine, who lost out in the race to become France’s next president – is to quit politics.

10/05/2017

France

Macron's battle for the National Assembly

France's president-elect faces an uphill task to win a majority in next month's parliamentary elections

09/05/2017

Economy

EU warns Macron over French budget deficit

EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici says incoming president Emmanuel Macron must work on permanently reducing France's budget deficit.

09/05/2017

France

Police clear 1,600 migrants from Paris tent camp

Police cleared a makeshift migrant camp in Paris early on Tuesday, in which more than 1,600 people had been living in squalid conditions for weeks.

09/05/2017

France

Liberty, equality, subversion: French ballot box humour

The second round of the French presidential election was a convincing victory for Emmanuel Macron who won 66 percent of the vote compared to Marine Le Pen’s 34…

09/05/2017

France

French ex-PM Valls offers to stand for Macron in parliamentary vote

The former prime minister Manuel Valls is the first high-profile defection since Macron's election win on Sunday.

09/05/2017

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Post-election protests in Paris

Sporadic clashes have erupted between protesters and police in Paris in the wake of the second round of the country’s presidential election.

09/05/2017

France

Paris Gare du Nord reopens after major security scare

The busy transport hub was evacuated for more than two hours overnight in a fruitless search by armed police for three 'dangerous' men.

09/05/2017

France

Ex-French PM Valls offers to stand for Macron in parliamentary vote

The former prime minister Manuel Valls is the first high-profile defection since Macron's election win on Sunday.

09/05/2017

France

Macron and Le Pen seek to widen support ahead of legislative polls

The wind of change has blown through French politics with the election of outsider Emmanuel Macron as president.

09/05/2017

France

Paris police evacuate Gare du Nord train station due to security alert

Police in Paris evacuated the mainline railway station Gare du Nord on Monday night (May 8) cordoning off the area due to a security alert.

09/05/2017

France

Hollande gets a warm welcome from Merkel

The outgoing French President has paid a farewell visit to Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel.

08/05/2017

France

Post-election protests grip Paris

There have been sporadic clashes between protesters and police in Paris in the wake of the second round of the country's presidential election.

08/05/2017

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: France 'sidesteps' Europe's populist wave

2017 was a year of three important elections.

08/05/2017

France

A historical look at Macron, France's man of the moment

Historian Jean-Pierre Rioux is a specialist commentator on France's political, cultural and social past.

08/05/2017

France

What Emmanuel Macron has said about Brexit

The French President-elect has taken a consistently tough stance over what the UK can expect from its departure from the EU.

08/05/2017

France

Merkel delighted with pro-EU Macron in the Elysée

Merkel praises Macron win as victory for Europe

08/05/2017

Europe News

FN stronghold warns new French president on pro-EU stance

Henin-Beaumont, in the north of France close to the border with Belgium, is a National Front stronghold.

08/05/2017

France

Macron's challenge to mend France's fractured political landscape

For many in France, Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory over Marine Le Pen sparked a wave of enthusiasm and optimism.

08/05/2017

France

National Front ready for name change and power

National Front ready for name change and respectability

08/05/2017

France

Macron victory heralds new political era in France

France’s incoming and outgoing presidents attended a solemn ceremony in Paris on Monday, commemorating the end of World War Two in Europe.

08/05/2017

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Macron - dancing to the tune of Europe?

Emmanuel Macron celebrates with supporters at The Louvre in central Paris after winning the race to be France’s next president.

08/05/2017

France

Five things to learn from France's presidential election

France remains deeply divided Macron won with a two-thirds share of the vote (66.

08/05/2017